About 12.9 million children live in rural communities, where they are more likely than their nonrural peers to experience health problems associated with their environment, their socioeconomic status, their own and their families’ health behaviors, and their access to quality clinical care.
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Environmental Scan of Programs and Policies Addressing Health Disparities Among Rural Children in Poverty
December 6, 2015
Why Health Matters for Low-Income Fathers
November 29, 2015
This brief will help community-based organizations serving low-income fathers better understand the new opportunities offered under the Affordable Care Act, why it is important information for their clients, and how they can help their clients get connected to health coverage and care.
Report to Congress
Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Fourteenth Report to Congress
September 21, 2015
Report
Poor Old Folks: Have Our Methods of Poverty Measurement Blinded Us to Who is Poor?
July 20, 2015
Financial Condition and Health Care Burdens of People in Deep Poverty
July 15, 2015
Americans living at the bottom of the income distribution often struggle to meet their basic needs on very limited incomes, even with the added assistance of government programs.
Information on the Supplemental Poverty Measure - A Summary of 2013 Current Population Survey Data
September 30, 2014
The brief summarizes findings from the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure report for 2013. The brief highlights SPM levels for the most recent year, changes from the previous year and historical trends. SPM estimates are compared to estimates of the official poverty measure.
Information on the Supplemental Poverty Measure - A Summary of 2013 Current Population Survey Data (October 2014)
September 30, 2014
The brief summarizes findings from the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure report for 2013. The brief highlights SPM levels for the most recent year, changes from the previous year and historical trends. SPM estimates are compared to estimates of the official poverty measure.